You refuse an officer's request to submit to a blood, breath, or urine test on a first offense. What happens to your driving privilege?
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A.
It is revoked for 185 days
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B.
It is revoked for one year Correct
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C.
It is revoked for three years
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D.
It is suspended for 90 days
The answer is "It is revoked for one year"
Under Nevada's Implied Consent Law, refusing an officer-directed chemical test on a first offense makes you ineligible to drive for one year. The three-year period applies only if your driving privilege was revoked for refusal in the previous seven years.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. It is revoked for 185 days
185 days is Nevada's first-offense DUI revocation under the Illegal Per Se law, a separate administrative action from refusing an officer-directed test. This answer applies the 185-day first-offense DUI revocation to a refusal, missing that Nevada treats refusal more harshly and imposes a full one-year revocation on the first refusal.
C. It is revoked for three years
The three-year period applies only if your driving privilege was revoked for refusal in the previous seven years, not to a first refusal. This answer swaps the one-year and three-year figures because they are taught together, defaulting to the harsher number because refusing an officer's test feels more serious than a routine first-offense DUI.
D. It is suspended for 90 days
The manual specifies a full year of ineligibility for a first refusal under the Implied Consent Law, not a shorter suspension. This answer reaches for 90 days as a default short-suspension figure people picture for any DUI-related paperwork, missing that refusal carries a longer penalty than a first DUI conviction itself.
This question tests your knowledge of DUI & Impaired Driving in Nevada. Source: Nevada Driver Manual, "Chapter 10 - Driving Under the Influence," p.79..
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